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It does.

CON-TEST CON-TEST CON-TEST CON-TEST CON-TEST CON-TEST[/maniccrowdchant] Prizes or not, BBC contests are fun.

Hmph. Now that I look at it again, I think you're right. Two points to you!

Not necessarily. It could be considered a singular proper noun or multiple, but I'm counting it as singular.

Today was the Math Bowl for my area. For those who don't know, a Math Bowl is a mathematics competition. For my area, there are four divisions: geometry, algebra II, pre-calculus, and calculus. Each school sends out a team of four students (each of who are in the class for their division) for each division. These members compete in individual exams (a difficult 20-question test) and as a group in a timed competition in which speed equals points. As individuals and as a group, my team didn't do very well (relatively speaking). Anyway, after the Math Bowl, everyone (sixteen students and three teacher chaperons) went to our local mall to eat lunch and "hang out." We got back to the school about five minutes before the final bell, so they let those of us who could (either by walking or early pick-up) go home. Of course, the sky chose that exact moment to send a deluge of scattered liquid hurtling toward the earth. Thus, I came home [soaked], cleaned up, and posted this entry. Wait, not yet. I forgot to mention that today my birthday gift to my mom (her birthday was the first of the month) finally came through. A charity came by while I was at school and picked up some old furniture my mom absolutely despised. Now I'm done.

My brother began learning how to play drums perhaps a month ago. For those who don't know, when learning to play drums, the learner is typically assigned a given amount of time to practice on a 'practice pad,' a small pad of one material or another that makes less sound than an actual drum. Because of this attribute, it didn't bug me much when he practiced on the pad, as he was required to do it in his room. However, the other day, he and my mom dredged up an ancient drum set - dented, rusted, partially dysfunctional - for practice. As it is too large to move into his room, it presently sits in the living room, where I spend most of my time. I'm staring at it now. He came home today and started practicing, and it was driving me crazy. Finally, after much resistance, I retreated to my room and built a foot. It's a big foot, silver and green with a trio of big toes configured like a bird's. It looks cool. That's all, really, for now.

It is indeed a Phineas and Ferb reference. Digital props to you!

If it's rusty, oil (practice) should loosen it right up.

Necesitas practicar.

Props to anyone who gets the reference. I'm sitting here, waiting for the driver for our printer to finish downloading onto my laptop. We can't find the installation disc, so... In other news, people popped onto my IM at various points while I was working on Ding's card (his birthday's today), and each time I told someone I was working, they had the same response (names are changed to aliases; Abstract Reader and gurdane2000@yahoo.com are me): (Over AIM) Abstract Reader 2:56 pm Unfortunately, I can't play right now. I'm working. Cheese 2:56 pm right. Cheese 2:56 pm you do that. (Over Windows Live Chat) gurdane2000@yahoo.com said: My mom woke up. She's not in that kind of mood. Also, I have work to do. Queen said: ok you do that And now the driver's done, so I'll post this and go print out Ding's card.

Right...I joined Bionicle in 2004, when I didn't really know about the Bohrok and the Metruan were new. I'll change that now. Thanks for the input!

This is an idea that's been floating around in my head for a while, and I'd like to actually implement it. The idea is to create a database of pieces with names for each piece and color. I know there's already something similar out there, but the names are usually long, cumbersome, and involve numbers. Of course, I can't do this alone, as I don't know many terms. I'll start here with a few pieces, then allow anyone to contribute by voting, adding a piece I forgot, or discussing organization of the database. So let's get this thing going! ARMOR >>>Metru thigh armor FEET >>>Bohrok foot JOINTS >>>old short double-socket joint >>>new short double-socket joint KANOHI >>>Noble Kanohi Mahiki >>>Great Kanohi Matatu AXLES AND PINS >>>size 3 axle >>>small pin >>>long pin >>>pinaxle WEAPONS >>>fang blade Feel free to add anything in the comments section and remember, this is just a start!

Sorry, Bitter Cold. While they are indeed sentence fragments, I don't count them as grammatical errors because I use them too often (for dramatic effect).

Maybe. Still, it provides an unfair disadvantage to non-Spanish-speakers, and I'd rather not make a separate block for 'puntos de gramática.' Good catch, but it doesn't count except in entries.

Right. I'll fix that. And whether or not you intended it, you just earned another 4 Grammar Points (2 for the correction ● 2 for it being in Spanish).

Puedo aprender, solo no aquí. Puntos de gramática debe ser más dificil para ganar.

EVER.

I was wondering whether it was 'ti' or 'te.'

No more entries in Spanish. Officially. Ever.

Agh...no, no debo. Uno punto a ti.

Mental note to self: make no more entries in Spanish. As a matter of fact, SPIRIT, you have earned 16 points, as Spanish corrections are worth double.

Official fail on my part. Official two grammar points on yours.

Estoy aprendiendo el espanol en la escuela. Si escribo en espanol y encuentras un error de gramatica, recibes doble puntos de gramatica. Los acentos no cuentan; es mucho trabajo para usarlos.

That would be cool, just hard to do by yourself. (Getting the gradients on the UDD symbol right with spraypaint? I don't know how.) A plain silver one might work, though.

Ding's* birthday is coming up this Sunday, and as a gift I wanted to make him a customized T-shirt. So I called a local shop, and it was about $25. For one side. For a light-colored shirt. Ouch. So, the new plan is to get some plain shirts and change the design into stencils. There's a special spray paint for fabrics that can be found at craft stores, so we'll just spray the design onto the shirt. We might even make two. *See content block: Aliases.